Yes sir,mabe a old cat cylinder just a thoughtsplitterless said:A 45 ton splitter is that possible . it is a home made.
kevin j said:easily possible, if the cylinder is large enough and the structure is strong enough. Just a matter of pressure times area.
6 inch cylinder at 3000 psi is 42 tons. 7 inch cylinder at 2500 psi is 48 tons.
It would be incredibly slow cycle though. 10-15 seconds just for the extend cycle.
question is why? anything requiring that tonnage probably can't be lifted up onto the beam. It would be run in a processor, or ripped in quarters first.
IMO there is way too much ego and emphasis on tonnage, and not enough speed. For wood lots and fixed wedge machines with log lifts and multi wedges, yes tons is important. For the average homeowner with moving wedge machine, and moving wood by hand, I think a 4 inch cylinder is plenty of power with reasonable speed.
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The wood will bend or brake fristcomputeruser said:kevin j said:easily possible, if the cylinder is large enough and the structure is strong enough. Just a matter of pressure times area.
6 inch cylinder at 3000 psi is 42 tons. 7 inch cylinder at 2500 psi is 48 tons.
It would be incredibly slow cycle though. 10-15 seconds just for the extend cycle.
question is why? anything requiring that tonnage probably can't be lifted up onto the beam. It would be run in a processor, or ripped in quarters first.
IMO there is way too much ego and emphasis on tonnage, and not enough speed. For wood lots and fixed wedge machines with log lifts and multi wedges, yes tons is important. For the average homeowner with moving wedge machine, and moving wood by hand, I think a 4 inch cylinder is plenty of power with reasonable speed.
k
Precisely. My little Timberwolf (20t theoretical, 16t in reality) is plenty strong enough for damned near anything I care to split and burn!
And the picture, which is pretty poor, certainly doesn't look like the beam or wedge are of adequate strength to handle 45t of force without bending, breaking, or hurting the operator.
computeruser said:kevin j said:easily possible, if the cylinder is large enough and the structure is strong enough. Just a matter of pressure times area.
6 inch cylinder at 3000 psi is 42 tons. 7 inch cylinder at 2500 psi is 48 tons.
It would be incredibly slow cycle though. 10-15 seconds just for the extend cycle.
question is why? anything requiring that tonnage probably can't be lifted up onto the beam. It would be run in a processor, or ripped in quarters first.
IMO there is way too much ego and emphasis on tonnage, and not enough speed. For wood lots and fixed wedge machines with log lifts and multi wedges, yes tons is important. For the average homeowner with moving wedge machine, and moving wood by hand, I think a 4 inch cylinder is plenty of power with reasonable speed.
k
Precisely. My little Timberwolf (20t theoretical, 16t in reality) is plenty strong enough for damned near anything I care to split and burn!
And the picture, which is pretty poor, certainly doesn't look like the beam or wedge are of adequate strength to handle 45t of force without bending, breaking, or hurting the operator.
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